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Last week I had two very interesting discussions with two global companies that are far advanced in implementing Open Innovation. One of these companies is the lighting division (let’s call it ‘Lighting corp’ for the sake of confidentiality) of a world-leading electro-technical MNC, the other one a globally leading FMCG company (let’s call it ‘FMCG corp’). These discussions took place …

Many companies have already discovered that breakthrough innovation needs openness to for cross-industry and cross-science approaches, and especially for new industries. The big question, the answer to which is worth millions of Euros, is how to do it. In a 16-page case study (published here) I analyzed how InnovationLab is attempting to find an answer. InnovationLab is an innovation consortium of …

Currently I am running an exciting project with one of the 30 companies listed on the prime German stock exchange. The client’s question was how to redesign the „technology push“ side of the Early stage innovation (before Gate 1 of the existing Stage Gate process) in a way that it could be a global benchmark. In order to be world-class, …